Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Spa Girl says “A houana ka ka” -- thank you very much!

There are some days I look at my "stash"
and laugh. I could open my own skin and body care store from all the goodies I
have either purchased or been given.

Many of my friends know I author Spa
Girl, so I often receive little goodie bags in the mail full of great products they
have discovered on their travels to all kinds of exotic places. I am also a great one to pick up this and
that to try, especially if it is organic, made from the sea, or all natural
ingredients.

Always on the outlook for fabulous skin
care products and anything to help my very dry hands, I recently purchased a
tube of hand cream and it has quickly become my number one favourite. It's call Out of Africa Hand Cream and is
made with 20% unrefined organic Shea butter. And I'm a big fan of Shea Butter, using it in many of my own home made products.

Out of Africa's Hand Cream goes a long
way and leaves my hands smooth and silky.
It is 100% natural with no parabens, it is eco-friendly and cruelty free, in
other words, it ticks all the right boxes for me!

The company also has an interesting
story...

THE STORY OF OUT OF AFRICA

Victor Lulla, a native New Yorker living in Los Angeles, has long
nurtured interests in healthy lifestyles, the environment and social
responsibility. After briefly considering an early retirement after the sale of
his electronics firm in 2002, he instead created California Inside & Out, a
manufacturing and distribution company that developed and marketed natural skin
and body care products, based in Venice, CA.

Gilles Adamon, owner of Natura Sarl, headquartered in Benin, West
Africa, attended the 2005 Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, CA hoping to
find a distributor for his shea butter cosmetic products. As luck would have
it, Victor was at the Expo looking for an interesting opportunity to help
expand his product line.

The two men found that they shared not only an interest in natural
products, but in social responsibility as well. A friendship ensued and Out of
Africa was founded later that year as an exclusive joint venture.

The founders agreed that Lulla would purchase state of the art
production equipment and raw materials, while Adamon’s team, in collaboration
with a West African women’s cooperative, would supply locally-source pure
unrefined shea butter. The company-owned factory in Benin now produces 200,000
bars of soap a month, along with an expanding array of other shea butter
products. The products are shipped to California Inside & Out for
distribution under the trademarked brand Out of Africa.

The Out of Africa
line includes organic shea butter bar soaps, hand and body washes, body
butters, lip balms, lotions, body oils and pure unrefined shea butter tins. The
natural scents used in our shea butter products are also available in the Out
of Africa line of aroma fragrance reed diffusers.

Producing premium quality skincare products is only half of our story.
Lulla and Adamon’s partnership supports several women’s cooperatives and helps
to create jobs in democratic Benin, West Africa. Out of Africa shea butter
skincare also sponsors a groundbreaking project in Benin called SCHOOL CHILDREN
UNITE. A portion of all sales is being donated to this global leadership
initiative.

Thank You! Your purchase helps to support education and local enterprise
in Benin, West Africa. “A houana ka ka” *, thank you very much.

Shea butter is an all-natural product. It is a creamy-colored fatty substance made from the nuts of karite nut trees (Butyrospermum parkii or "butter seed") that grow wild in the savannah regions of West and East Africa.

The real key to keeping your skin healthy, glowing and youthful is
generous and consistent hydration. And no ingredient is better at
lavishing every skin type
with pure and natural hydration than the 100% organic, unrefined shea butter
found in every Out of Africa product.

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I created the SPA GIRL blog in 2009 because I wanted to share my spa experiences.
I am a big fan of aromatherapy,
thalassotherapy, spa cuisine and history.
I love to pamper myself, inside and out! And why not? I work hard, travel a lot and find the spa experience exciting each and every time.
Since the beginning of history, people have resorted to springs, baths, and spas for the therapeutic effects and power of their healing waters. Today the Spa experience has expanded to include so many ways to live a happy, healthy, holistic lifestyle.
Relax, rejuvenate, and restore: that’s Spa Girl's motto.
Spa Girl covers a number of my interests including: aromatherapy, home spa treatments, spa modalities, feel good tips, spa destinations, natural products and spa foods.
Spa Girl is also on facebook where in addition to my blogs I post links to other spa writers, spa reviews and tips.
I have studied aromatherapy for a number of years and create my own salt scrubs, bath oils, soaps and skin creams.
I am an avid researcher and love to research all aspects of the spa industry, study and of course try every spa experience there is.
My other passion is art museums.